Linux Mint Debian How to Shrink-Reduce-Resize A LVM Volume With Swap Easy Guide

Shrink/Reduce/Resize LVM with Swap on LMDE

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Reduce/Shrink/Resize a LVM/LVM2 Volume to Free Up Space on Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012/2012/2013 i386/amd64 Desktop.

After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume to FREE up Space you will Need also to Reduce the Physical LVM Volume!

1. Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media.

   How to Create a Live Ubuntu Media

   Getting and Burning Ubuntu

   Ubuntu Live CD/DVD Creation

2. Open Terminal Window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

3. Find the LVM Volume Name to Shrink

   sudo su && lvmdiskscan

   It will be of the Form: /dev/my-vg/my-lv
   And if it’s the Root Volume it should Contains the ‘root’ Keyword…

4. Shrinking/Reducing a LVM Volume on Linux Mint Debian.

   Specifing the Final Size:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size 100G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   /nor Specifing the Amount to Take Off:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size -50G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   The ‘–resizefs‘ Flag is Fundamental in Succeeding because First, as needed it will Resize the File System.

5. How to Shrink the LVM Physical Volume to Free Up Space

   Debian Shrinking LVM Physical Volume

   Debian Resizing LVM Physical Volume